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Update site name in disclaimer
The disclaimer page in the help center appears to show an older name for the site:
The information, advice, links and/or any other materials (“Content”) made available through Health Stack Exchange … (the “Site”) are for informational purposes only and are not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, treatment or consultation. …
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Health SE Disclaimer
For this reason, we cannot offer personalized advice. … This is again showing everyone that comes to this site that we cannot and will not give personal medical advice (see this meta discussion for more).
This idea is still in the works, though. …
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How long can this site be popular if everybody is asked to see a doctor?
But I see most of the time, giving medical advise is being refrained from and OP is asked to see a doctor.
So why can't the community start giving medical advices as well? …
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2018 Community Moderator Election Results
Medical Sciences's first moderator election has come to a close and the new moderator is:
They'll be joining the existing crew shortly—please thank them for volunteering, and share your assistance … and advice with them as they learn the ropes! …
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Is it acceptable to give medical advice (or medical instructions) in an answer?
by the code of medical ethics, individual medical advice on public platforms is prohibited. individual medical information is normally confidential. … advice on health problems, without a careful assessment of the patient, an anamnesis is a physical examination, can result in advice that can cause damage to health, since medicine is not an exact science …
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Should the site have a clear disclaimer along the top?
I predict that one of the major criticisms of the site will be that bad medical information was provided, which could even open up the site to litigation. … Might it be a good idea to have something very clear along the top of the site, along the lines of Reddit's disclaimer, to indicate that this advice is no replacement for that of a qualified physician? …
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Should the site have a clear disclaimer along the top?
Most of the people on this site will probably not be very qualified to give out medical advice, even if they do give very good advice and information. … But I certainly don't people taking my advice over a certified physician's. Reddit's medical disclaimer is very good, so I think we should have something very similar. …
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Reporting potential typos on the contents of this community/site resources?
I assume these are supposed to be "medical" and not "medial" meaning middle.) … Typo Wording Areas of the General Disclaimer (per below screen shot below and link above)
medial advice
medial provider …
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2022 Community Moderator Election Results
Moderator election #2 on Medical Sciences has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderators are:
They will be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for volunteering … and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes! …
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Rethinking our Site Name
Health
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it's all encompassing and shows our brought scope
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gives the impression of Quora or Yahoo Answers
doesn't highlight our quality standards
is misleading regarding the personal medical … advice …
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Rethinking our Site Name
MedicalOverflow
Pro:
it isn't as misleading regarding personal medical advice
has a touch of professionalism, like MathOverflow
represents site scope quite well
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not as poignant as Health or …
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Break up Medical Sciences Stack Exchange
I too was frustrated with the lack of being able to ask/give medical advice on SE - at first. Quickly I came to understand why that is, and now 110% support the decision not to do so. … Which is right in many settings, but not in medical advice.
Secondly, on SE, there's no way to prove you're a qualified physician certified to practice evidence-based medicine. …
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Rethinking our Site Name
Medical Sciences
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it isn't misleading regarding personal medical advice
consistency with our sister-site, CognitiveSciences it is now renamed as Psychology and Neuroscience
represents site scope …
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Should we require references to back up all answers?
approach should be that we "strongly encourage" references to reliable web sources in answers (as, for example, the Skeptics Q&A does), so you're not just taking someone's word for it when it comes to medical … advice/info. …
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Should we have a "verified physician" tag next to certain users?
It seems like a legal nightmare for both US and Canadian residents (can't speak for the rest of the world) on regulations for medical advice. … That said, I don't even think it's a good idea from an advice stand point. Hands down I would rather have a broken radius set by an ortho PA who did it all day than say an internist. …
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